California Wants to Make It Easier to Build Housing. Los Angeles Objects
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California is trying to ease housing construction, but Los Angeles is resisting, highlighting the tension between state-level policy and local control; the discussion revolves around the challenges of implementing statewide housing reforms.
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techblueberry
3 months ago
Man if there’s anything I think all cities need, it’s a loss of control in the building of new housing.
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